JURUPA VALLEY: Traffic stop leads to drug arrest

A 32-year-old Chino Hills man is in custody after a traffic stop in Jurupa Valley Thursday, Oct. 13 turned up drugs and drug paraphernalia.

A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy stopped the man’s vehicle in the 11000 block of 58{+t}{+h} Street about 6:30 p.m. The deputy conducted a field sobriety test and then searched the man’s vehicle, according to a Sheriff’s Department news release.

The deputy found methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and other evidence in the car, the news release said.

Christopher Michael Blank was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning on suspicion of misdemeanor paraphernalia possession, being under the influence of a controlled substance and driving under the influence and felony drug possession and possession for sale. His bail was set at $100,000.